Palace causes upset

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34097, 8 March 1976, Page 3

Palace causes upset

( V.Z P A. Reuter-—Copyright) LONDON. Crystal Palace upset Sunderland 1-0 to become the first third divi- • sion side since 1959 to reach the semi-finals of the English Football l Association Cup at Sun--1 derland. i Derby County and Southampton also reached the i: final four with expected vicI Tories, 4-2 over Newcastle Land 1-0 over Bradford City : ‘ respectively, but Manchester II United and Wolverhampton .drew the fourth match 1-1 at f United’s Old Trafford and • wall replay at Wolverhampton on Tuesday. Queen's Park Rangers took • over the first division lead ; by beating Coventry 4-1 while Liverpool lost ground bv suffering a rare loss at home, 2-0 to Middlesbrough FA. CUP Quarter-finals.— Derby County 4 Newcastle United 2; Manchester United I. Wolverhampton Wanderers 1; Bradford City 0. Southampton 1; Sunderland 0. •Crystal Palace 1. ENGLISH LEAGUE Division one.—Aston Vi) J a 0. Ipswich Town 0: Leicester Cits I. Everton 0: Liverpool 0. Mid'dlesbrough 2: Manchester City 4.

Sheffield Vnited 0: Queen’s Park I Rangers 4. Coventry City I; West ■ Uam United I, Bnmingliam City ;2; Norwich City 3, Tottenham ■Hotspur I: Stoke Citv 3. BrirnI ley 1. Division two.—Blackburn Rov- • ers I. Bristol Rovers 2; Bristol’ ••City 3. Luton Town 0; Carlisle.' I United 1, Nottingham Forest 1: ; Fulham 0, Portsmouth L Hull: City 2. Oxford United 0; Oldham: | Athletic L Orient I; Plymouth | Argyle 0. Chelsea 3; Blackpool I. ■Bolton Wanderers L; Notts* Count} 0. West Bromwich Albion Division three Bj ighton and Hove Albion 5. Peterborough I nited 0; Bury 1. Grimsby Town; * 1; (. nester l. Shrewsbury Town i - ■ ij; f 'hester field L Cardiff’ City 1. »Gillingham 1., Aldershot I.; Mans ; field Town o. Wrexham 0: Roth • •erham United l. Port Vale 2; ’-■Sheffield Wednesday 2. Walsall I: Swindon Town 0. Southend : L Division lour. Cambridge. 1; United <L Bournemouth 1. Hartlepool United 1. lludder sfieid 1 : Town I.; Lincoln City 2. Ct ewe Alexandra 0: Reading 0, Doncas- , t<*i Rovers 1. Scunthorpe United ' 2. Brentford I: Traijmere Rovers I: 0, Rochdale L Watford 0. North I am pt on Town 1 I SCOTTISH CUP ~ Quarter-finals. —Queen of the South 0. Rangers u: Montrose 2. ; Hearts 2; Motherwell 2, Biber- ■ nian 2: Dumbarton 2. Kilmarnock SCOTTISH SPRING CUP First round.—Airdt ieonians 2. 1 Brechin City I: Alloa 3, Falkirk I; Clyde I, Clydebank 3; Cow-j •idenbeat.li 3, Hamilton Academi I cals 0; East Stirling I, Mortem 2; I • Meadowbank 'Thistle (I. St Mirren : 14; Queen’s Park I. Dunfermline: -1 Athletic- 1, Stetihousemuir 0. . I Arbroath 2: Stranraer I. Fast Fife -10; Forfar Athletic 0. Partick’ Thistle 1.

Division two.-—Stirling Albion 0, Raith Rovors 1.